John, join us this Tuesday to hear, and ask questions, about the project that will provide enough power for more than 460 homes.

350 Milwaukee Meeting
Tuesday, March 10, 7 - 8:30pm
First Unitarian Society (Ogden & Astor)

Milwaukee’s New Solar Energy Project
and Plans For a Greener Future

 

Our guest speaker, Erick Shambarger, will discuss the new City of Milwaukee deal with We Energies for a 7,000+ solar panel array near Mitchell Airport. He will also discuss Milwaukee’s future plans to address climate change.

Erick Shambarger is the
Sustainability Director of the 
Milwaukee Environmental Collaboration Office


Due to scheduling changes at the Urban Ecology Center, we will be meeting again at the First Unitarian Society in March

Stand for a Livable Climate
Friday March 13, 2020
12:00 - 1:00 pm

Chase & Wells Fargo
Wisconsin Ave. at Water St.

We believe there can be a future for the next generations!
 

Chase & Wells Fargo banks are the 1st & 2nd LARGEST funders of fossil fuel (coal-mining operations (like the mountain top removal project above), oil and gas companies, fracking firms, pipelines, and arctic exploration) companies in the WORLD!

In 2020 climate activists around the world are focusing their efforts on big banks to slow the money pipeline that flows to fossil fuel companies.  Will you help do something for the future?

You can't join us on Fridays, but you do want to do something? Read Bill McKibben's article linked below, then, if you bank with Chase, Wells Fargo, BMO, BofA, Capital One, etc., make a plan to move your accounts to institutions that don't fund fossil fuels.  Yeah, it's a headache, I know from experience...

Want to Do Something About Climate Change? Follow the Money - Bill McKibben, New Yorker

For tips on moving your bank, scroll down to the Moving Your Money section at 350MKE.

Please join us - rain, snow or shine. (Unless it's a serious blizzard or seriously cold!)  Dress in layers for the weather.  There are many pedestrians over the noon hour and we talk to lots of folks.  There's a lot of positive feedback - 10x more than negative.

Next Court Date
April 20, 2020
8:30am
Milwaukee City Municipal Court
951 N James Lovell St

The date is two days before
Earth Day
 

Here are recent developments in the court cases of the eleven people arrested during the December 6, 2019 Global Climate Strike/Wells Fargo Bank sit-in in Milwaukee.  When they were arrested, the women and men were separated by gender and taken in police vans to two different precincts for “processing” on December 6. 

Because of time conflicts between their school or work commitments, three of the women paid the $187 fine before the February 3, 2020 court date, so their cases are closed.
 
At the February 3, 2020 court appearance, Emily Bell, the attorney, representing the remaining eight defendants (pro-bono) learned that the paperwork for the four male defendants had been “lost in the system.” The males were given letters indicating that they would not be charged unless the records appeared within two years. During the court appearance, because a representative of the City Attorney was not available to bargain with, the attorney entered a plea of Not Guilty and the case was rescheduled for February 21 for the four remaining women defendants.
 
At the February 21, 2020 court appearance, the charges for the four women were changed from trespassing to disorderly conduct and the fine was reduced to $90.
 
That same day, at least one of the men received a letter with a new court date of April 20 – Earth Week!
 
The total fines for these eleven people will be between about $1300 and $1700 depending on the eventual fines for the men.  Please help defray the personal cost to them by contributing - please see below.
 
Note also that this group agreed they would not promise to forego engaging in another non-violent direct action in the next year, which could have been a bargaining chip. If anything, they want to step up their action.

2020 Wisconsin Elections
PLEASE VOTE

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Wisconsin Spring Election

• Supreme Court
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Wisconsin Marsy's Law Crime Victims Rights Amendment

and Primary

 Future Local Actions: